tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64021405003760935492024-03-05T23:20:51.573-05:00 FRAMINGHAM MATTERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-86142926669095110512022-02-05T11:54:00.000-05:002022-02-05T11:54:37.882-05:00<p> </p><h1 class="entry-title post-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #004488; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 1.5em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0.3em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Waushakum Lake and Ice houses</h1><div class="entry-meta postmeta" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Raleway, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 0.9em; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="meta-category" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Thanks to Steve Leacu, "Ashland Directions</i></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Raleway, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 15.2015px;"><i>February 2014</i></span><div class="entry clearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Raleway, Arial, Tahoma; font-size: 15.2015px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0.4em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Everyone knows there are quite a few bodies of water in Ashland. We have visited the reservoirs, ponds, and rivers but today I would like to focus on the lake on the Framingham side of town. Lake Waushakum is probably more of a Framingham treasure, but we here in Ashland have our opinions and fond memories too. You have to live somewhere off of East Union Street, or along Route 126 by Waushakum Avenue to be close enough to the lake to have true bragging rights, but everyone I know has a story about the lake.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to Laurie Evans-Daly and David C. Gordon from their book “Images of America Framingham,” Waushakum is derived from the Algonquin word Washakamaug, meaning “eel–fishing place.” Cited by their research, eels were a particular favorite of the local Nipmuc Indians. The lake itself is about 90 acres in size which probably classifies it as a pond. Most references I see online, including some from the DCR list it as a lake, while others say it’s a pond. Pick your poison I guess.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In the summer time, Lake Waushakum is a favorite spot to go swimming or to lie on the beach. Being a fresh water body it does have its drawbacks though. With all the fertilizers that used in the surrounding community, the lake is a breeding spot for algae and other vegetation. To deal with this, both Ashland and Framingham have applied for grants from the Mass DEP to try to mitigate the problem. The thought was to create rain gardens along the roads abutting the lake. The design of these gardens would filter some of the runoff that comes naturally from the area around the lake. Apparently, they were partially successful. In 2008 the DEP awarded $98,500.00 (split evenly) to Ashland and Framingham to begin this process.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another problem is e-coli. Framingham evaluates the e-coli level every year and decides whether to open or close its beaches to swimmers. The lake is regularly monitored, and occasionally the beaches are closed until the levels fall below the state limit of 235 Colony Forming Units (CFU) per 100 milliliters of water. I’m not sure if I would like to be in the water even with those levels, but if the state says it’s safe I guess it’s OK. Now what about the alligator that was allegedly sighted in 2008? Channel 7 News reported that a 15-year old boy claimed to see a 6 foot alligator. Local officials set traps for the animal, but nothing was caught. Let’s see: Algae, choking vegetation, e-coli, and alligators. I think I’ll spend my summers avoiding sharks at Horseneck Beach.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">That was the summers. What about the winters? Other than ice fishing, the biggest industry was harvesting the ice. Before refrigeration, the icebox was the only way to preserve food. In addition, it was necessary to have it available all year long. Enter the Ice industry. Naturally, the best place to cut and store large amounts of ice was as close to the source as possible. Lake Waushakum had its compliment of icehouses. The </span><b>Boston Ice Company</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;"> packed 40,000 pounds of ice in six icehouses in the early 1900s. Ice was cut in the winter and stored in the houses where the walls were lined with two feet of sawdust. Sawdust was also placed between the layers of ice, and hay was put on top of the stacks. All this to act as a natural insulator. Sounds like a safe operation, but research shows that these icehouses burned on a regular basis. Boston Ice Company lost all six of its icehouses in a fire in 1909. Even with the presence of ice, the hay and sawdust occasionally caught fire. The heat generated would melt the ice until it turned into steam, which in turn would pressurize the buildings to point where they would explode. It was a $50,000 loss for Boston Ice Company. Fortunately, they were insured.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Another ice company along Nipmuc Avenue was the </span><b>Fair Ice Company</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">. Walter Nicolas from Framingham worked for the Fair family. Walter remembers cutting and stacking 200 pound blocks of ice for Fair, and delivering it to the Framingham area. He mentioned Cushing Hospital as one of their biggest customers. He delivered the ice in a 21/2 ton early ’40s truck with two by fours jammed between the body and springs to keep the truck from bottoming out. That must have been a sight. I’m sure the finest from the Framingham Police Department are still shaking their heads. And coming as no surprise, the Fair Ice Company burned to the ground in the mid forties.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">A third ice company, </span><b>Cove Ice Company</b><span style="font-weight: inherit;">, was located on Cove Avenue. They operated in the same manor as the Boston Ice Company and Fair Ice. Guess what happened to them?</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good thing ice isn’t flammable.</p><p style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0.75em 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Leacu for "Ashland Directions"<br />February 2014</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-83209771401575692222021-01-08T18:58:00.000-05:002021-03-13T16:26:22.646-05:001912: Families working at home for Dennison ManufacturingDennison Manufacturing Company expanded from Boston and opened its Framingham factory in 1897. Known as the "Tag Makers," the company sold Handy Boxes "containing a collection of articles which are in constant use in the home," such as shipping tags, key tags, marking tags, rubber bands, paper clips, and gummed labels, at a cost per box of $2. Dennison's in Framingham followed its Boston factory practice of sending out work to homes close by the factory. Dennison was the largest employer in Framingham. The following pictures were taken in 1912. They show entire families on Coburn Street assembling tags for Dennison's. Photographs and captions by Lewis Wickes Hine who, beginning 1908, became the photographer for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Child_Labor_Committee" target="_blank">National Child Labor Committee (NCLC)</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">November 1912. South Framingham, Massachusetts. "Home of Rufine Morini, 6 Coburn Street. Two mothers, three children 10, 8 and 6 years old, working on tags for Dennison. Children anemic. Make $10 (more or less) a month. Witness, F.A. Smith." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. (Library of Congress archive)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Home of Desiderio Cella, 11 Coburn Street, So. Framingham, Mass. Children - 13, 12, 10, 8, 7 years old working on tags in dirty room with macaroni all spread out on table being cut. Tag tying going on at same table. Washing also in dirty kitchen. South Framingham, Massachusetts, November 1912. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine (Library of Congress archive)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family of David H. Goodman, cor. Coburn and Mellen Streets, South Framingham, Mass. Mother and two children, 14 yrs. and 10 yrs. old, working on tags for Dennison factory. One boy, 12 yrs. old, sick abed in next room. Father, umbrella mender. This family has made $50 a month, average $25 to $35. House not well kept. Witness F.A. Smith. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. (Library of Congress archive)</td></tr>
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In 1904, Lewis Wickes Hine photographed immigrants on Ellis Island, as well as at the tenements and sweatshops where they lived and worked. In 1911, he was hired by the National Child Labor Committee to record child labor conditions, and he produced appalling pictures of exploited children. During World War I, Hines worked as a photographer with the Red Cross and later photographed the construction of the Empire State Building. He died on November 3, 1940, in Dobbs Ferry, New York.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-69335409651176245522021-01-07T21:29:00.000-05:002021-03-17T09:30:18.679-04:00A bit of Southside History: Waushakum Farm<br>
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Edward Lewis Sturtevant (1842-1898) and Waushakum Farm – Framingham farmer, botanist, physician and author, was one of the giants of his time in the science of agriculture. In 1867, E. Lewis Sturtevant together with his brothers, Joseph N. Sturtevant and Thomas L. Sturtevant purchased 200 acres at Waushakum Pond in South Framingham, Massachusetts. The farm soon became famous, under the name “Waushakum Farm,” for a series of brilliant experiments in agriculture.<br>
<a href="https://framinghammatters.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-bit-of-southside-history-waushakum.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-69709445764249301162020-12-29T12:44:00.005-05:002021-03-22T14:51:52.381-04:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #000099; font-family: inherit;">Framingham Hospital and Training School for Nurses</span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In September of 1890, a group of civic minded residents petitioned the General Court of the Commonwealth to start a hospital in Framingham, Massachusetts, in part influenced and approved due to the increased use of the railroad that ran through the city.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" />A gift of $5,000 was made in memory of Adolf Merriam, which spurred simultaneous efforts by a group of individuals – primarily women, who were the forerunners of the Framingham Hospital Aid Association – for the establishment of an emergency ward and independent training school for nurses. Their combined efforts culminated in 1893 when the Sturtevant House, which was located on Winthrop Street, opened its doors as Framingham Hospital and became the only public medical facility in Framingham.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" />Within four years funds were obtained to start a new hospital building on Evergreen Street, where physicians formed a medical staff organization, establishing rules and regulations governing the practice of medicine. They submitted a request for “an X-Ray apparatus” which was considered very progressive at the time, even for hospitals in larger cities.</span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" /><a href="https://www.mwmc.com/images/librariesprovidermetrowest/our-history/fuh-website-4-min.png?sfvrsn=38a8053e_0" style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; color: #3f6def;"><img alt="FUH website 4-min" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" height="419" src="https://www.mwmc.com/images/librariesprovidermetrowest/our-history/fuh-website-4-min.tmb-small.png?sfvrsn=38a8053e_3" style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: left; height: auto; margin-right: 10px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="FUH website 4-min" width="640" /></a></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">In 1912, Dr. Herbert O. Brenner left the Framingham Hospital on Evergreen Street to start his own hospital, The Union Avenue Hospital and also opened a school of nursing in 1913. In 1925, the Framingham & Union Avenue Hospitals were merged successfully to become Framingham Union Hospital. A 1927 ground breaking ceremony, attended by over 3000 guests, was held for the soon-to-be new Framingham Union Hospital facility. The combined nursing schools flourished, supported in part by the Hospital Aid Association. During WWII, they began the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Program, from which many graduates joined the armed forces.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" />In 1948, the U.S. Congress chose Framingham, Massachusetts and therefore Framingham Union Hospital as the location for its long-term cardiovascular research study. The Framingham Heart Study, which started with 5,209 adult subjects from Framingham, continues today, and is the longest longitudinal cardiovascular study in the United States. Much of what is “common knowledge” surrounding heart disease, such as the effects of exercise, diet and everyday medications like aspirin on heart disease is based on data collected during this study. It has received much attention from medical professionals as well has the popular media, and has been featured on “60 Minutes” and in People Magazine.<br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" /><br style="border: 0px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: inherit;" />Throughout the second half of the last century, Framingham Union Hospital continued to grow, responding to the needs of Framingham and surrounding communities. In 1980, a 50,000 square foot addition was added, and the Cancer Care Center opened in 1986. In 1991, the new Women’s and Newborn unit opened, followed by the MetroWest Cardiac Center. Expansion and investment in technology has continued into the 21st century, most recently in 2018 with the addition of robotic technology and 3D mammography.</span></p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-70830427309329634732019-10-21T13:08:00.000-04:002019-10-29T09:56:07.601-04:00How it's done in Framingham<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Exposing and preventing potential conflicts of interest is an important step in ensuring that decisions made by government officials are based on what is best for the public.<br />
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While conflicts of interest can take many forms, they are particularly prevalent in government hiring, procurement/contracting and campaign finance. <br />
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In hiring, nepotism and patronage present a conflict of interest. Hiring friends and family based on connection to power rather than their ability to perform the job not only undermines the public trust, but also leads to a work force that lacks the skills for the job. In government contracting, procurement standards that promote competitive bidding are vital to preventing bid-rigging and awarding contracts based on relationships. Financing campaigns can also present conflicts of interest in which public officials are more beholden to donors than to constituent<i>.</i> <br />
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<i><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/" target="_blank">from the Press Office of the United States Government</a> 2015</i><br>
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Barack Obama: "My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of
openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public
trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and
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<b>"Government should be transparent.</b> Transparency
promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about
what their Government is doing. Information maintained by the Federal
Government is a national asset. My Administration will take appropriate
action, consistent with law and policy, to disclose information rapidly
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The <b><a href="http://www.foia.gov/about.html">Freedom of Information Act</a></b> and<a href="http://www.mass.gov/ago/government-resources/open-meeting-law/"> <b>Open Meetings Law</b></a> regulate what public documents citizens can obtain and how to acquire them. The Acts also dictate the public process governments must follow when they hold meetings.<br />
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<b>Accountability in Government</b><br />
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Accountability ensures actions and decisions taken by public officials are subject to oversight so as to guarantee that government initiatives meet their stated objectives and respond to the needs of the community they are meant to be benefiting, thereby contributing to better governance and poverty reduction.<br />
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<b>What is Accountability?</b><br />
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Broadly speaking, accountability exists when there is a relationship where an individual or body, and the performance of tasks or functions by that individual or body, are subject to another’s oversight, direction or request that they provide information or justification for their actions.<br />
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The concept of accountability involves two distinct stages: <b>answerability </b>and<b> enforcement</b>. <i>Answerability</i> refers to the obligation of the government, its agencies and public officials to provide information about their decisions and actions and to justify them to the public and those institutions of accountability tasked with providing oversight. <i>Enforcement</i> suggests that the public or the institution responsible for accountability can sanction the offending party or remedy the contravening behavior. As such, different institutions of accountability might be responsible for either or both of these stages.<br />
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<b>Why is Accountability Important in Government?</b><br />
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Evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of public officials or public bodies ensures that they are performing to their full potential, providing value for money in the provision of public services, instilling confidence in the government and being responsive to the community they are meant to be serving.<br />
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<br />
Democracy and Good Government require accountability, and accountability
requires transparency... <br />
The Freedom of Information Act should be administered with a
clear presumption: <b>"In the face of doubt, openness prevails...</b>
"Non-disclosure should never be based on an effort to protect the personal
interests of Government officials at the expense of those they are supposed
to serve...<br />
The presumption of disclosure also means that agencies should
take affirmative steps to make information public. They should not
wait for specific requests from the public... Disclosure should be timely...<br />
<br />
<i><b>Excerpts from the <a href="https://www.foia.gov/" target="_blank">United State Freedom of Information Act</a></b></i><br />
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<![endif]-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-28741574589590655672018-01-15T17:04:00.000-05:002018-01-19T20:44:34.833-05:00In South Framingham, ‘hope springs eternal’ for cleanup of polluted sites<i>From the Metrowest Daily News<br>By Jonathan Dame, Metrowest Daily News Staff</i><br>
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Jan 14, 2018 - On the first Saturday after the Fourth of July in 2013, Judy Grove visited Pelham Apartments to learn for herself: Where do the children living in the subsidized housing complex go to play?<br>
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During her visit, she suggested a few possibilites, including nearby Mary Dennison Park.“Where’s Mary Dennison Park?” Grove recalled one the kids asking.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;">For the past six years since becoming Town Meeting Chair of Precinct 15 and recently elected as City Councilor for <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">District 8, Judith Grove has worked tirelessly to bring attention to the concerns of the Southside conditions and its residents. Judy has brought awareness of the extent of contamination such as at Mary Dennison Park and the land at 350 Irving Street. She has fought for safe and healthy playgrounds and improve recreation for children. Judy has been persistent in her efforts to revive a 15 year effort and has been successful in making a skatepark become a reality. The news article that has appeared on the front page of the Sunday Metro West Daily News has detailed her work over the years. There are encouraging signs that problems in the Environmental Justice neighborhood will be corrected.</span><br>
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She told them the park was a half-mile away from where they lived in South Framingham, and that it had a few softball fields and basketball courts, and a playground for toddlers.<br>
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“Oh, it has a name?” the kids said, according to Grove. “Oh, we don’t go there.”<br>
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This was Judy Grove’s first foray into Framingham politics. Town Meeting had just rejected several citizens petitions for community and recreational programs in South Framingham. So she and others set their sights on redesigning Mary Dennison<br>
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The group eventually collected hundreds of signatures to improve the park, proposing picnic tables and a paved walking path, skateboarding ramps and a playground for older kids. They had momentum.<br>
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Then the town discovered the park’s soil was contaminated with lead. The tot lot was temporarily shuttered, its dirty soil hauled away and replaced, but most of the 17 acres were considered safe enough to keep using.<br>
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<a href="https://framinghammatters.blogspot.com/2018/01/south-framingham.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-53307054118451371322017-11-16T17:54:00.003-05:002017-11-18T12:07:18.560-05:00Environmental Injustice in Southside Framingham is a community of over 68,000 people inhabiting an area of 25 square miles and possessing a diversity of neighborhoods and people.<br>
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Most of us are familiar with the lovely neighborhood of the Framingham Centre Village Green which is bordered by the Village Hall, the History Center and colonial churches. We look forward to the Farmer’s Market and the Concerts on the Common. <br>
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On the southeast corner of Framingham is an area about twice this size. It is bounded by Beaver Street, Leland Street and Irving Street. Within this densely populated area are three known toxic chemical sites. This is an Environmental Justice Neighborhood. <br>
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For over 100 years (late 1880s to 1960s) companies like Dennison Corporation, Old Colony Tar Company and Com Gas located factories there because the area possessed railroads, waterways and a ready population of workers. These businesses brought jobs and prosperity to Framingham. Their owners sat on our Town Boards and donated civic buildings. However they also polluted our land and waterways with carcinogenic toxins such as coal tar, coal tar creosote, lead, chromium, arsenic and cyanide. <br>
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The U.S. EPA defines Environmental Justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulation and policies.” <br>
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<a href="https://framinghammatters.blogspot.com/2017/11/environmental-justice.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-10825207804685641462017-11-07T19:37:00.000-05:002018-04-19T10:17:05.734-04:00The (Harvard) College Lands identified in 1699 map<b>(draft)</b><br>
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<b>The College Lands</b><br>
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<i>Excerpts from "History of Framingham 1640-1880" by J.H. Temple</i><br>
<i>(Read from book: </i><span style="color: #0000ee;"><i><u><a href="https://archive.org/stream/historyofframing00temp#page/n3/mode/2up">https://archive.org/stream/historyofframing00temp#page/n3/mode/2up</a></u></i></span><br>
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In a codicil to his will, Mr. Danforth, under the heading "Deeds of gift," specifies: "To the College three tenements on lease to Benjamin Whitney, John Whitney, Isaac Bowen, situate at Framingham, on such conditions as I shall name." These three tenements were the sixty acres granted to Richard Wayte, and purchased of him by Mr. Danforth, lying northeast of Waushakum pond, and extending to the Beaver dam. This tract was leased by Mr. Danforth to the parties above named, who built three houses near each other, on the road northeast from the pond. The Sturtevant house occupies the place of Benj. Whitney's, which was the middle one of the three. After Mr. Danforth's decease the lessees paid the rents to Harvard College. Mr. Bowen sold his lease to Moses Haven, who (or his sons) bought out the Whitneys. Prof. Pierce, in his History of Harvard College, states that the College sold its Framing- ham lands to Mr. Haven for ;!^ioo in 1764. But in the valuation of 1771, Dea. Moses Haven is taxed ^3 on College land; and in 1772 the town voted that the constable be directed not to distrain those persons that occupy College land for their Province tax levied on said lands, till further orders from the town. This vote was reversed at the May meeting same year.<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final selected site for skatepark</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 2, 2017</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 2, 2017</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">October 2, 2017</td></tr>
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This 2015 rendering shows what a skatepark along Dudley Road at <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Farm Pond </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">might look like. After 15 years of promises and disappointments, </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Town Meeting approved funds to begin construction. Through the tireless efforts</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8px;">of Judith Grove, the skatepark is becoming a reality.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Situated in a park-like setting with water views of </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Farm Pond, the skatepark </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">will be </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">another treasure</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> for Framingham youngsters added to the Cushing Park complex.</span></div>
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<i><b>"... clearing the channels of communication and closing the feedback loop"<br />".... will lead Framingham through the process and facilitate meaningful participation"</b></i><br />
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What do phrases like these mean to impoverished families who live among pollution and blight? How do these words improve the lives of children who have no place in their neighborhood to play as illustrated in the photo?<br />
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It is my opinion that the phrases in Ms. Spicer's 36-page Platform do not speak in specifics but use hot air rhetoric. Read them for yourself. The phrases on the balloon and many more from her report appear meaningless to me. There is nothing concrete that I could find in her Platform. It disturbs me that her Platform does not acknowledge or address any of the specific issues exclusive to Southside. Nothing is mentioned about the sad conditions where underprivileged people live nor the stifling environment of children who pass by blight and contamination every day.<br />
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I selected some of the "lofty" phrases from Ms. Spicer's Platform and placed them on a hot air balloon hovering - in stark contrast - over an actual contaminated site on Waverly Street which represents the typical, deplorable conditions in this Environmental Justice neighborhood. The juxtaposition of her "flowery" rhetoric on the hot air balloon against the horrible conditions of the people and condition that she had failed to address is disturbing.<br />
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The illustration expresses my feelings in a way that I am unable to say in words.</div>
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As a collective group of neighbors, we have the ability to make changes to improve our community. We can sponsor neighborhood events, block parties, crime prevention activities and upgrading public spaces and making Waushakum Beach more accessible. We can influence town government to correct traffic concerns as an example. Be informed and involved, meet your neighbors and let’s work together to preserve and enhance the unique beauty and residential character of our neighborhood.<br />
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<i>-- George Lewis, Founder of Waushakum Farm Community</i><br />
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Edward Lewis Sturtevant (1842-1898) and Waushakum Farm – Framingham farmer, botanist, physician and author, was one of the giants of his time in the science of agriculture. In 1867, E. Lewis Sturtevant together with his brothers, Joseph N. and Thomas L. Sturtevant purchased 200 acres at Waushakum Pond in South Framingham, Massachusetts. The farm soon became famous, under the name “Waushakum Farm,” for a series of brilliant experiments in agriculture.<br>
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The immediate concern of the Sturtevant brothers, however, was the development of a model dairy farm of Ayrshire cattle. Waushakum Farm soon became the home of this breed. Several scientific aspects of this work with Ayrshires are worth noting. Milk records of the herd and of individual animals, covering many milking periods, were kept and still constitute, according to dairymen of our day, a most valuable contribution to dairying.<br>
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But even in these first days on Waushakum Farm, the Ayrshires did not occupy all of his time. Indian corn attracted Sturtevant from the first. No sooner had he settled on Waushakum Farm than he began a botanical and <a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/indiancorn00stur#page/n1/mode/2up" target="_blank">cultural study of maize</a> which he continued to the time of his death. The first fruits of his work with corn was the introduction of an improved variety of Yellow Flint, the new sort being called “Waushakum.” Breeding this new variety was a piece of practical work that brought Waushakum Farm more prominence in agriculture than any of his scientific work, “scientific farming” at that time not being in high repute with tillers of the soil.<br>
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To Sturtevant is given the credit of having built the first <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=nhjGCXlAxOEC&lpg=PA4&ots=0-WRdL2QUM&dq=sturtevant%20Lysimeter&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q=sturtevant%20Lysimeter&f=false">lysimeter</a> in America. This instrument, to measure the percolation of water through a certain depth of soil, was put in on the Waushakum Farm in <a href="https://waushakumfarm.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/southside-18751.jpg">1875</a>.<br>
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As the years advanced, he put more and more energy in the rapidly growing field of agricultural research until finally experimentation came to claim most of his attention. His eminence in research on Waushakum Farm brought him many opportunities to speak and write on agricultural affairs, in which work his facile pen and ready speech greatly enhanced his reputation as an experimenter.<br>
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The fact that World War ll had been raging for the last three years and that the decisive battle of D-Day at Normandy had just occurred didn’t seem to really affected us much. We were kids. Even when the brother of one of our playmates was killed in action, the reality of it all was still obscure. <img height="320" src="https://waushakumfarm.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/001.jpg" width="225">We saw our share of war movies and watched the newsreels between feature films to keep up to date on how the Allies were beating the crap out of Hitler as well as the progress of the fierce fighting going on in the Pacific. But we were far more interested in Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, and those wonderful serials where the hero’s life was put in peril, if not wiped out for sure each and every Saturday. No matter how much it appeared that our hero could never get out of the situation the writers put him in at the end of each episode, he always found a way to triumph. In many ways we lived in a sort of make-believe world, where we could have adventures just by mutually inventing them. We often made up situations and pretended that we all believed the nonsense, allowing our active imaginations to entertain us, sometimes to the point of scaring ourselves.</div>
Excerpts from “A Creative Odyssey – the Story of Floyd and Richie Walser” written by Richard L. Rotelli:<br>
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It was summer again. Time for my friends and me to find new mischief and adventures. We were good kids. Kind of simple-minded and naive, especially compared to the high- octane, precocious youth of today. We didn’t have TV quite yet and the world certainly seemed simpler and slower paced.<br>
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Home for me and my Mom and Dad was the top floor of a two-family house on Dow Street in Framingham, Massachusetts. What a great location this was! What kid could have asked for a better place to grow up? Just down Nipmuc Road, which came right off Dow Street across from our house, was the sandy beach of a good-sized pond known as Lake Waushakum. Pronounced Wah-SHAKE-um, its name in the time of the Nipmuc Indians who had lived along its shores, had variously been recorded as Washakamaug or Shakum. lt meant “eel fishing place” evidently due to the abundance of those snake like fish that could be caught there. Over the years, for a variety of reasons, the eel population had dwindled so there were not too many of them squirming around in there. It was small compared with other lakes, at just under 90 acres in size, and really was classified as a pond. We always called it, “The Lake”. It was about a three-minute slow walk past Fair’s lce house; a place loaded with ice packed in hay. It was amazing that the ice could last all through the hot summers. We still used ice in those days in our iceboxes. Not too many folks had refrigerators yet, although this was just about to change dramatically, making the demand for ice diminish significantly. Unfortunately, Fair’s lce house burned to the ground one exciting night. I remember watching the inferno from the front porch of our house, feeling the heat on my face even from that distance, and wondering how a place loaded with frozen water could burn so ferociously. My folks were watching the spectacle with me, and my Dad said something about having seen this same fire I2 years earlier. I didn’t understand that at all.<br>
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If you walked along Dow Street at a right angle to Nipmuc Road, you would very soon come to Lake Avenue, which paralleled the lake. This street made a sharp right turn parallel to Dow Street, and became Cove Avenue, so named because the lake curved around into a cove just out behind this street. The concrete foundation of all that was left of The Cove Ice Company’s icehouse alter it met a similar fate as Fair’s, marred the view and gave us a place to roam around playing war games. If you ventured out behind the concrete pillars which used to support the Cove Ice Company’s long- gone icehouse, you came to the smallest part of the lake, not too surprisingly known as “the cove”. Out a little way from shore was a small island, which, for reasons that were never known to us was called “Monkey Island.” I once overheard a teenage boy say to his girl friend, “Let’s swim out there and monkey around.” But I’m sure they never did because the water was way too full of weeds, snakes, snapping turtles and lots of other stuff you wouldn’t want to tangle with. Continuing on Cove Avenue, you came to Winthrop Street, which headed off past the other end of Dow Street and got you to The Memorial School, where we went from first grade through Junior High, and to Hollis Street. From there, downtown Framingham (and the Hollis Theater) was easily within reach of a few more minutes of spirited walking. So that was our block, our turf, the area where we could play at practically anything.<br>
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<i>Any doubts I may have had about voting “Yes” for a City form of government were dispelled by what happened at the Special Town Meeting on February 28, 2017.</i><br>
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<i>All three articles concerned Tax Incentive Financing (TIFs) for two downtown Framingham developments These TIFS amount to $8.7 million in tax breaks. The purpose of TIFs is to promote housing and commercial development in commercial centers. TIFs are rarely given to apartment buildings with little to no retail like these projects, because they do not create jobs. They are taxed at a lower residential rate and cost the taxpayers money for educating the children who live there.</i><br>
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<i>Community and Economic Development estimated these 2 development would generate 65 students, a tax burden of about $1 million. The estimated yearly tax revenues from them is $1.37 million. In addition to school expenses, they will incur costs for other services such as Fire, Police, Inspectional Services, and the Department of Public Works.</i><br>
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<i>Scant data was given to support the 65-student estimate which I believe is too low. The 467 apartments will include 22 studios, 227 1-bedroom, 186 2-bedroom and 32 3-bedroom units. Unlike the Staples CMU which was proposed for an office park on Route 9, these downtown apartments could appeal to families because of their proximity to transportation, restaurants, parks, churches, the library and schools. If there were no children in the 227 studio and 1-bedroom units and just one child in each of 2 and 3 bedroom units, the number of students could be as high as 218, adding about $3.4 million/year in educational costs, which is more than twice the tax revenue.</i><br>
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<i>TIFs are usually given for the 1-4 years before the apartment are occupied. Ways & Means, the Finance Committee and TMMs expressed concern that the 75 Concord Street TIF is too long - 15 years. Economic Development was unable to negotiate a shorter TIF with the Developer.</i><br>
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"On December 29, 2016 and January 17, 2017 I sent detailed e-mails to the Board of Selectmen about serious issues regarding 4 businesses at 350 Irving Street, which affect the residents and especially the taxpayers of Framingham. I received no response from you, so I spoke before you at your meeting on January 24th and gave you documents on the issues I raised. Still no response from any of you. This is my fourth attempt to get your attention.<br>
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"Here is a brief summary of the problems with the businesses operating on the toxic coal tar polluted property at 350 Irving Street, a former gas manufacturing plant:<br>
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1. All the permit applications to the ZBA were incomplete or had false information.<br>
2. They applicants allowed their permits to expire for 6 years and paid no back fees or fines. Landscape Depot allowed 10 businesses to squat on the property and pay no taxes.<br>
3. No Personal Property (PP) taxes were paid for 15 years by the 14 businesses operating on this property and all of them were unknown to the Town Assessor’s office.<br>
4. Although being monitored by the Fire Department and the Board of Health’s Licensed Site Professional trying to teach them “Best Practices”, Landscape Depot had 2 more fires in 5 months.<br>
5. While they paid nothing to the town, we taxpayers paid the bill for the myriad Town services they consume from Town Manager to the Police, DPW, Inspectional Services, BOH, Legal Department and most of all the Fire Department (16 fires on toxic property in 6 years)<br>
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"I have repeatedly asked the Board of Selectmen the following questions:<br>
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1. Will these businesses be made to pay their Personal Property taxes and back permit fees and taxes?<br>
2. Will they be charged for excessive use of our FD? (16 fires in 6 years)<br>
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"Since you did not respond I contacted the Assessor’s office and the Fire Department and obtained this information:<br>
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1. The Assessor’s Department has billed LD $11,000 in PP taxes for the current year. They cannot bill them for missed PP taxes or Permit fees. Since LD has been in Framingham for 15 years, the Town has lost out on about $150,000 of tax money. This does not include lost revenue from the other 14 businesses that operated there.<br>
2. The Fire Department will now bill Landscape Depot for additional mulch fires.<br>
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<i>From S.T.O.P. reporter to new Fire Department Chief (December 30, 2016)</i><br />
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I am requesting a copy of the Fire Department report for the fire at Landscape Depot on November 28, 2016. We were unaware that this fire occurred until the December 13, 2016 ZBA meeting at which Mr. Mullen's lawyer made an opening statement that Landscape Depot should be given their Special Permit because they are following Best Practices and only had one fire, on July 4, 2016. <br />
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It was not until later, under direct questioning, that Mr. Mullen admitted a second fire occurred on November 28th. This additional fire made no difference to the ZBA. They read your statement of support for granting the permit because you wrote that LD is following Best Practices.<br />
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We presented the ZBA with a number of compelling reasons why the permit should have been denied. Since then, we have sent these reasons to the Board of Selectmen and now to the Fire Department. I have highlighted issues directly applicable to the Fire Department.<br />
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The ZBA's decision to continue to grant permits to Landscape Depot despite all the thoroughly researched information we presented to you at the <a href="http://207.172.210.8:5002/cablecast/public-site/index.html#/show/1165?channel=1" target="_blank">December 13, 2016 ZBA meeting</a> is appalling. We asked many questions and in the very least we deserve answers to them.<br />
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1. Why has the ZBA decided to grant a Special Permit to 4 businesses under the "Storage and Distribution" Use when according to the Zoning by-laws, this "Use" is only granted by the Planning Board?<br />
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2. When will you investigate the fact that Mr. Mullen is doing Asphalt, Brick and Concrete reclamation? (Please see attached photo). Shouldn't this zoning by-law "prohibited use" violate his lease? How much time will he be given to correct this? <span style="color: #cc0000;">Chief Hicks - When you did inspections, were you aware the ABC is a prohibited use?</span><br />
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3. Attached are photos of the LD mulch fires on July 4th and November 28, 2016. There have now been 16 fires in 5 years which continue despite the monitoring by our Fire Department and the efforts of the Board of Health and its Licensed Site Professional to teach LD "Best Practices". According to Fire Chief, Hicks, the Fire Department has no record of mulch fires at any other landscape mulch operation in Framingham, including D & D which is a much larger business. How many fires are O.K. with the ZBA in this environmental justice neighborhood? How many more fires are needed to claim a violation of LD's lease? <span style="color: #cc0000;">Chief Hicks - do you have a limit on the number of fires? Does LD have fire insurance? Have they filed any claims? Does the Insurance Company know about the excessive number of fires?</span><br />
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4. Who and when will the ZBA investigate to see who altered the data on the Treasurer/Collector Form in Landscape Depot's application packet after it was filed with the ZBA in September? This form falsely stated that LD had paid their personal property taxes. Go on-line to your ZBA site and you will find that this form is now blank. Perhaps this issue would be better addressed by the Town's Legal Department? <span style="color: #cc0000;">Chief Hicks - The Treasurer form also asks if "Alarm Billing" is Current or Past Due. Has LD been billed for excessive calls? If not, why not?</span><br />
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5. Were you satisfied with Mr. Mullen's response when asked if he had paid his Personal Property Taxes? He said no one told him he owed any taxes even though he admitted he paid them for his businesses in other towns. After 15 years of not paying taxes and allowing 10 business to squat on his property and also not pay any taxes, when will Mr. Mullen inform the Assessor's Office that he is doing business in Framingham? Shouldn't non-payment of taxes violate a lease? Will Mr. Mullen also pay back taxes for the last 15 years?<br />
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6. The Purpose of Framingham's Zoning By-laws is "to protect and promote life, health, safety, convenience and general welfare of the residents of Framingham?" Please explain how the general welfare of Framingham's residents is being served by the ZBA giving another permit to Landscape Depot, a business that pollutes our air, pays no taxes and makes liberal use of the many departments our tax dollars support such as: the Fire, Police, DPW, Legal, Inspectional Services and the Board of Health?<span style="color: #cc0000;"> Chief Hicks - do you believe the ZBA if following the By-laws to provide for the general welfare of the residents of Framingham?</span><br />
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7. What, if anything, would violate Landscape Depot's lease?<br />
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8. Is the Town willing to accept the liability if any workers, customers or trespassers are harmed while being on the toxic 350 Irving Street site now and even more worrisome, while the clean-up is in progress? <span style="color: #cc0000;">Chief Hicks - does it concern you that a fireman could be injured putting out mulch fires?</span><br />
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9. Why has the ZBA placed the profits of Landscape Depot above the interests of our community?"<br />
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Please watch the video of the December 13, 2016 ZBA meeting on the Town website for the complete story on this issue...<br />
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The taxpayers of Framingham are entitled to accountability from our Departments and Boards and especially from the Board of Selectmen since you are they appointing authority for the ZBA.<br />
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<i>NOTE:<br />On January 4, 2017, Framingham Fire Chief, Joseph C. Hicks, had replied to these issues by saying, "I have faith that the Town's administrative entities are providing for the general welfare of the community" and "Safety is the top priority in every response."</i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-29275646493004300382016-12-17T21:32:00.003-05:002017-10-07T09:12:08.139-04:00Do Framingham Government Departments operate like a hot dog stand?<i>“We run this Town like a HOT DOG STAND!”</i> declared Zoning Board of Appeals Chair, Philip Ottaviani, at the December 13th meeting during which they heard Landscape Depot’s request to grant Special Permits for four businesses located on the 350 Irving Street toxic property which is owned by Eversource. He made this comment in response to the following facts which I presented:<br>
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1. According the Assessor’s office the four businesses applying for permits were unknown to his office and have never paid any Personal Property (PP) taxes on their equipment. Landscape Depot, which has conducted business for 15 years in our Town, has front-end loaders, fork lifts, a trailer, office machine, equipment to grind yard waste into mulch etc.<br>
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2. All the Permit Application packets were incomplete or had false information. Three of the applicants did not submit the Treasurer/Collector Form or left it blank. The Treasurer's forms were incomplete in previous years as well.<br>
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3. The September 16, 2016 Landscape Depot Treasurer/Collector form was falsely checked as current for PP taxes paid while the application found on the ZBA on-line site is blank.<br>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402140500376093549.post-41977480363465044692016-10-24T16:45:00.000-04:002017-01-06T09:50:45.954-05:00Fall Skatepark Public Design Meeting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Video of October 10, 2016 Skatepark Public Design Meeting held at the Memorial Building </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preliminary design by Pillar Design</td></tr>
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